Miami Marlins and Kim Ng, MLB's first female general manager, part ways after three seasons
Kim Ng, the first female general manager in MLB history, will not be returning to the Miami Marlins as GM, the team announced Monday.
Marlins chairman and principal owner Bruce Sherman said in a statement that while the team exercised its option for 2024, Ng declined her side.
"Although the club exercised its team option for her to return for the 2024 season, Kim has declined her mutual option. We thank Kim for her contributions during her time with our organization and wish her and her family well.
"We will immediately begin a thorough and extensive search for new leadership as we plan to continue to invest in the Marlins organization both on and off the field. We are committed to our fans and the South Florida community and look to build off the momentum of the great progress of this year."
Brian Chattin, the Marlins' director of player development, will act as interim GM while the team searches for Ng's replacement.
ESPN's Jeff Passan reported later Monday that the Marlins want to hire a president of baseball operations who would sit above Ng in the organization. Ng told The Athletic on Monday that she and Sherman "were not completely aligned" in how the front office should be set up.
"Last week, Bruce and I discussed his plan to reshape the Baseball Operations department," Ng told The Athletic. "In our discussions, it became apparent that we were not completely aligned on what that should look like, and I felt it best to step away."
Ng's decision comes after the Marlins made the playoffs during a full 162-game season in 2023 for the first time since the team won the World Series in 2003. They went 84-78 this season, finishing third in the NL East before being swept in their best-of-three series by the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Marlins have gone 220-266 since hiring Ng in November 2020, when she became the highest-ranking female executive in MLB, the NBA, NFL or NHL. As part of building the current roster, some of her moves included acquiring pitchers Jesus Luzardo and Pablo López and outfielder Bryan De La Cruz and extending 2022 NL Cy Young Winner Sandy Alcantara.
If Ng is seeking a new opportunity before the 2024 season, there are two current openings in big markets, with the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets looking to fill their GM roles. The Red Sox fired chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom in September, while Billy Eppler resigned from his position with the Mets in early October.
